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Genes and Environment

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1880-7046eISSN1880-7062

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.539

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.657

Total Worksi

646

Total Citationsi

6,096

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Genetics & Heredity; Toxicology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Genetics; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications646

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

National Science Library, Chinese Academy of SciencesCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1880-7046 / 1880-7062

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

433

2019

573

2020

803

2021

253

2022

276

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

GeneticsQ3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityToxicology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Social Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentDNA Repair MechanismsEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchAir Quality and Health ImpactsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringAsthma and respiratory diseasesDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryGenomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress

Frequently asked questions about Genes and Environment

Is Genes and Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Genes and Environment: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Genes and Environment?

Genes and Environment is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.66.

Is Genes and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Genes and Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Genes and Environment?